first of all... ubuntu ftw lolz and second... why deal with the hassle of windows? altho a chimp could set up a windows server... u wont get the factual stability.... the only real issue is settin everything up... linux is a lil more tricky heh but once u get the hang of it u will love it... hell i game run servers and do alota media on my linux box (WINE ROX) its jus a matter of sittin down... and learnin... best thing bout linux.... if ya screw something up... u can basicaly reinstall that bit and not needa reformat ur whole system cuz a BSOD comes up every time ya boot heh